• Drought could be worst for a century

    Drought could be worst for a century

    20/12/2009 05:00

    Farmers in Yen Phong District, Bac Ninh Province, till paddy fields ahead of the upcoming rice season, as water is released from local reservoirs for irrigation. About two billion cubic metres of water will be released from reservoirs to save winter-spring...

  • Binh Duong house collapse kills three, injures seven

    20/12/2009 05:00

    Three people died and seven people were injured when a four-storied house under construction collapsed in the southern province of Binh Duong on Saturday afternoon. The accident happened at around...

  • One killed in blaze as truck crashes into gas station

    20/12/2009 05:00

    At least one person was killed at a gas station in Ho Chi Minh City Saturday night after a tipper truck crashed into several petrol pumps and ignited a fire. The body of station worker Le Huu Dinh,...

  • 240,000 city residents to get unemployment dole every year

    20/12/2009 05:00

    Ho Chi Minh City will grant unemployment benefits to around 240,000 people every year from 2010 onwards, an official from the Ho Chi Minh City labor department says. The HCMC Employment Agency would have to deal with procedures to give unemployment...

  • Nearly 3000 illegal foreign workers in HCM City

    Nearly 3000 illegal foreign workers in HCM City

    20/12/2009 05:00

    HCM City authorities recently checked the employment records of foreign workers at 3,733 organisations and detected nearly 3000 illegal foreign workers. A Chinese doctor who works illegally in HCM City. According to the HCM City Department of Labour,...

  • Power plant blames high treatment fees for toxic waste burial

    20/12/2009 05:00

    Ho Chi Minh City-based Hiep Phuoc Power Plant on Thursday admitted burying untreated toxic waste over the past two years. It offered the excuse that it could not offset rising treatment costs...

  • Hai Phong students hospitalized again for fumes

    Hai Phong students hospitalized again for fumes

    20/12/2009 05:00

    Five students of Quan Toan Secondary School were hospitalised on December 19 with fainting, breathing difficulties and dizziness allegedly caused by exhaust fumes from neighbouring steel companies. Five students of Quan Toan Secondary School in Hai...

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